Didn’t SD learn anything from the first game we played?

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I felt for Mcneil Today he’s creative but we have no creative player to play with him and other teams know that so
We’re back to playing balls to wood who was in effectual today apart form setting up the goal didn’t really win many duals with centre backs.

somewhere (cant remember exactly) in the last 15 mins of the game - Army....McNeil had the ball, lost a Newcastle player, looks up for the Cross into the box....but doesn't send it in...why ?.....the regular, just cross it, see what happens - but not this time, he'd see about six magpies in a defensive line, with just two Burnley players in amongst them, so, he decides to play the ball back, to centre field. I think then, it went to the other wing where another cross came to nothing.
Anyway, I didn't understand it, what was he thinking, odds of us getting the ball were too slim, players (Wood/Vydra?) weren't "creative" enough to win the ball, he didn't get a good picture of them, so couldn't decide where to place the cross ?....I don't know, but he'd done the work, so unless he was sure of a much better option, cross it into the box and hope for a connection, he'd done it so often, what changed ?

It Just summed up the confusion, when we do have better alternatives, we waste them on the weaker, and when we dont have them, we waste the stronger option we had....which is likely why, the majority of the time it's just hoof and hope....if even our strengths are weak, then the chance of something coming from nowhere, are none the worse.

Helmsman...where art thou ?